Friday, October 27, 2006

Okay, I had my doctor appointment. I haven't progressed at all, and I haven't had too many contractions. My doctor told me I could go off of bedrest on Sunday, since I will be 34 weeks. We still don't want a 34 week baby, but if I did go into labor, the baby will be a lot better off. I'm really not too worried, because I haven't had hardly any contractions. When she said I could go off of bedrest on Sunday, I thought, perfect timing, because on Sunday at 6am I am hopping a plane to SLC for a house hunting trip. We are so excited to go. We have just needed a break from this place. It has just been so hard living in limbo - not having our things - Troy having a 3 hour commute every day, etc. When I told Kyle we were going to find a house and the movers were going to put up his bunk bed, he almost cried. He is so excited to see his bed, and especially not have to share a room with Kristin. (She's a bit chatty at bedtime - Kyle and Jake can't stand it) I just haven't realized how hard it's been on them. I just figure they're resiliant. I moved a lot growing up, and you deal with it...but I will be so happy to be HOME. Wherever that is...

Another exciting thing happened. I don't know why I'm so excited about it, maybe it's because I actually see an end in site, but we got our flight information to go home in December. We actually fly to SLC on Troy's Birthday Dec. 22, and arrive at 6:30 pm, and it's a direct flight, which thrills me even more! Just having the tickets somehow tells me this is almost over. Maybe it's because when we flew out here, we only got 5 hours notice, so this is awesome!

I'm really hoping at this point, time will fly. When we get home from Utah, the baby could come anytime, then I'm sure the time until we fly home will also go quickly. Please pray that we find a home! We have made offers on 2 homes the past 2 weeks, and nothing has worked out. I'm sure it's for the best, but I can't help feeling discouraged. If we can't find a house, the thought of having to live in corporate housing even longer in Utah makes me nautious! So, we will be in SLC from the Oct. 29th to Nov. 7th if anyone wants to see us...or knows of a house for sale...let us know --but we already have a real estate agent and a loan officer, so we're good...

Friday, October 20, 2006

Last Friday night was our wards Father and Sons Campout. It was for men of all ages! I was so excited for Troy to take the boys (why they do it in October, I have no idea...I know it would be way to humid in the summer, but why not September?) because our ward in Oregon never had one of these (at least not for anyone other than Young Men age). The boys were so excited to go. Our friends, the Elmer's, let us borrow a tent. As the day kept getting closer, the weather kept getting worse. It was nice and sunny outside, but was forecasted to be one of the coldest days this year. It was. The low that night was 30 degrees. Since we have no camping equipment, Troy just took all of the comforters off all the beds here. He said it was no good. They all froze all night. (I told him if I took the kids, we would have ended up in a hotel instead of camping.) They came home early the next morning. He said the food they had planned (the ward) was horrible, so after Kyle's soccer game on Saturday morning, we went to IHOP, where I had seen commercials for their cream cheese french toast. It was heavenly. It was a pregnancy craving thing...it was way good, I highly recommend it...cheap too. Troy is such a good dad! Troy was not excited to go to the campout and have to be social with our ward (just don't know people very well, and Troy's social skills aren't the greatest if you don't know him and his personality), but he took a day off work and took the kids anyways. He said that he needs to plan a Father's and Son's Campout with his family when we're in Utah(next summer)...he thought that was a great idea...so Korth Family men...be prepared (you know I will be planning it...) Before Troy left, I begged him to take the camera and take a few pictures...I even reminded Kyle to remind Troy...Troy did his best and tried, but it was too dark, and a lot of the pics turned out blurry...here's what we got...

Thursday, October 19, 2006

STILL laying down...Jake-ism:As we were taking Jake to swimming lessons, we pulled out of the garage, and Jake hollered, "Hey, it's hoggy outside!" Troy and I started laughing our heads off, cause it was foggy, but to Jake it was one of those words you don't use very much but he's heard once and couldn't quite remember how he should use it...The funniest part was that we were laughing too hard to correct him, and Jake just kept talking non-stop ; "How long does it take for the hog to go away?" "We can't see very good when it's hoggy, huh dad?" "It's so hoggy, huh?" This is definately Troy's humor...so he's still giggling about it and demanded I put it on the blog...the blog that he started...funny...

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Don't worry, I'm laying down...Okay, on Sunday before church, we went to the temple. They play the Joseph Smith movie at the temple here, and it plays at 10:30am on Sundays. We decided to get up and get ready, go to the temple, watch the movie, and then go to church. We of course took pictures. Kristin wasn't cooperating for the nice girl who took our pictures, so we didn't get any good ones.I got a few cute ones of the kids. They wanted Moroni in their picture, and I tried my hardest, but at this point in my pregnancy, I just can't lie on the concrete...

Notice Jake's gloves. He got gloves to go on the Father and Sons campout, and as you can see, on Sunday, he was still attached to them! Jake has also mastered the "fake" smile for pictures. I have been waiting for him to come up with his "picture" smile. Here it is...

Kyle is a great kid. During the movie, they showed the life history of Joseph Smith. As Joseph was in the Sacred Grove, seeing Heavenly Father and Jesus, Kyle leaned over to me and said,"MOM, this is true! It really happened!" It was so awesome. I hope he remembers this. Once they started showing the trials Jospeh went through - tarred and feathered, and in jail - Kyle was begging to leave. He just couldn't figure out why all that happened to Joseph, and he had a hard time sitting through it. He's so sweet. I think I cried more during the movie, just thinking about how sweet Kyle is, and hoping he stays that way, than of anything in the movie. It was really good.

Here's Kristin! She did not enjoy the movie. She loved walking around the temple and the fountain. We finally got her some fall/winter church clothes. Too cold for her summer dresses! She loves getting dressed up and twirling around showing us her outfits. Love her!

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Okay, I got put on bedrest. I just think the doctor was being WAY TOO cautious...but I'm stuck. Troy is being a warden! Anyways, I told my mom tonight, that I think bedrest is worse than being in jail (not that I know for sure...I'm just assuming). That's why there are no posts from me lately (and probably won't be for awhile). Troy is going to buy a long internet cord for the laptop so I can get online from being in bed...maybe it won't be so bad if I can be online...my "up time" is over. Later!

Thursday, October 12, 2006

We carved our pumkins after the pumpkin patch. You'll notice in these pictures, Kristin is naked. (with panties on) She got one little pumpkin seed and guts on her, and refused to keep her clothes on. Apparently she doesn't care if that stuff gets on her skin, just on her clothes.

Jake was telling me what kind of face to draw on his pumpkin...he wanted eyes - just like Jake's eyes, a nose - just like Jake's nose, and 3 teeth - cause Jake's three. Earlier in the day, Jake decided to cut his own hair). He had been wanting to grow it out, and so we trimmed the sides, so the top could grow out, and he snuck into the bathroom, and at the front of his head, cut a huge chunk out. Figures that Jake would be our first kid to cut his own hair. So, we trimmed it down pretty short...I like it this way though! He almost looks like Kyle from the angle in the picture...Kyle wanted his pumpkin to have 8 teeth - I said no-way and I think it ended up with 4. Notice Kyle's tongue sticking out of the side of his cheek. He can not concentrate without doing that! It's funny! Kristin pretty much just "calls" this her pumpkin. She didn't really have much to do with the pumpkins, naturally! Her pumpkin is a ghost though!This is a picture of Kristin's eye. After the bee sting it was pretty swollen. This is such a cute picture of her, but I'm not sure you can see the effect of the bee sting on her eye from this angle. It is on her right eye.Okay, one last thing, a Kyleism: Jake has a wart on his hand we've been trying to get rid of. He calls it his "bump". Basically, is what happens, is that we put medicine on it, and it kills the wart, and eventually the layer of medicine, along with a good chunk of the wart will peel off. Then it leaves it good and open to put more medicine on, and we continue the process. Well, after swimming lessons on Monday, Jake's first layer was about to peel off. Kyle told Jake, "You should save it, and put it under your pillow tonight, and maybe the "bump fairy" will come and leave you money...needless to say, I made sure it "accidentally fell off and got lost"...too bad for the bump fairy...

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Okay, in my previous post, I mentioned that I learned something at my doctor appt...I guess I should explain, so as not to freak people out...I am currently 31.5 weeks(out of 40 - for my brothers, but the baby will be born at 38 weeks). Over the weekend, I had horrible back labor pains - HORRIBLE! When I mentioned them to my doctor today, she decided to check to see if I was dialated. When she checked me, I wasn't dialated, but I was almost completely effaced. Apparently, more than any 31.5 week pregnant person should be. Check babycenter.com if you need a better explanation...she gave me a perscription that I have to take every 6 hours to stop any more contractions or progression. She also told me to "take it easy". My friend Erin told me that I didn't know how to "take it easy". I agreed, and want to know just what mother of 3 does know how to take it easy? Anyways, I figure the doc knows I'm a 3 kid mom, and if she really wanted me to "take it easy" I would be on bedrest. My trip to Utah is still on. I will go and find my house if they have to wheel me on the airplane in a wheelchair! Anyways...didn't want to worry anyone with the previous post...Sorry Sarah! Thanks for calling promptly to talk to me! I should scare people more often so I would get more phone calls! :)

We had the best family day yesterday. We went to a farm that had pumpkins (among other things) and spent the whole day! It was awesome. It was called Great Country Farms in Bluemont, VA. It really was incredible. We watched some pig races first. The kids were fascinated! They even had 2 baby goats race around. It was cute. Then, the boys spotted this huge slide. They were so cute. Troy said that at the top of the slide, they worked so hard to wrap Kyle's legs around Jake, but everytime they came down, they had somehow gotten seperated! They giggled the whole way down! Troy took Kristin down a few times too! She liked it a lot more than I thought she would!

Okay, then they had this AWESOME "jumping pumpkin". Check out the website...I think Bear Lake might need one! :) http://www.jumpingpillows.com/jumping.asp I don't know how to describe it. It was a glorified trampoline, but SAFE! (If you can have over 30 kids and adults jumping their hardest on something, with pretty much no chance of injury, it's got to be safe.) Troy wants one for our backyard. It's my job to find a smaller one online...like I have time to do that! :) It was surrounded by sand. It was cool! Wish I could have jumped...but after what I learned at my doc appt today, it's probably a good thing I didn't get on!

The next thing we did, was head for the rope swings. I loved watching Kyle and Jake. They were the best buds all day long! Kyle was helping Jake on the swing, and Jake would help push Kyle. It was so cute!

Then the kids went on a "cow ride". The pictures will explain it...Then, the sadness happened. The only sad thing of the day...Kristin got stung by a bee. Right between her eye and the bridge of her nose. She was so sad, she screamed for at least 20 minutes. We were waiting in line for the hayride to the pumpkin patch, and Kristin was standing in the middle of some flowers, and she got stung. Her eye has gotten worse as the hours have gone by...here's what she looked like. She had fallen asleep in my arms, so the picture is close up. When she woke up, she begged to ride the cows again. Instead, we headed for home! It was a great time though! Kristin even says how much fun she had, except when the "bug got me".

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Hey! We have had visitor's this week! Troy's parents had their 40th wedding anniversary this year, and traveled back East to celebrate. They spent a few days in Vermont and New York, and then came down to visit us. They got here on Saturday, and we ate lunch, went to Kyle's soccer game, and then headed to Delilas' home (Doug's baby sister) to visit and for dinner. It was a lot of fun. It was a busy crazy day, but was nice to visit with everyone. Troy had to work Saturday night, so we didn't see him much. On Sunday, we watched conference and then went to Delilas' for a weeny roast over a campfire in her backyard.

I didn't really enjoy the campfire so much, only because watching my kids around fire makes me crazy! It stresses me out like you wouldn't believe! I just imagine horrible burns...anyways...they had a good time, oblivious to any danger that may be lurking...Kyle has early days on Monday, so we decided to head to the coast after school, take him out for the next day (Tuesday) and we went and stayed the night in Ocean City, MD. We got there about 6 on Monday night, and went to a seafood buffet. Troy and I aren't really seafood fans. (Well, Troy is if it's fried, but is that really seafood?) They had good Prime Rib and other things though. It was fun. We got up this morning, went to breakfast, and then headed to the boardwalk. The kids couldn't wait to play on the beach, so we took their shirts off(even Kristin), and let them play in the sand while Troy's parents walked the boardwalk. The kids had an absolute blast! Troy had bought them each a shovel and pail, and they were in heaven. Kyle was running out in the water, and tripped. It was so funny, Troy and I were laughing our heads off! Kyle turned around, worried we would be mad since he wasn't in his bathing suit, but relaxed when he saw us laughing. It was a gorgeous day at the beach. I bet it was 80 degrees, and sunny, with a tiny breeze, making it bareable to sit in the sun and watch the kids. We had to go check out of the hotel, so we pulled the kids away from the boardwalk, checked out, and then let them play a little longer at the beach. Troy put his swimsuit on and played with the kids. Troy got in the water and was body surfing, having a blast. I was on the beach with Kristin, who was now all of a sudden saying"I dont' want to get sandy, Mommy" over and over again. (It was getting to be naptime!) The boys had a blast in the water, while I was trying to keep Kristin happy! We found this odd thing in the ocean. I think it was dead, but Kyle saw it and told us it was what killed the Crocodile Hunter, so we took a picture of it. It was large, probably the size of a large cantaloupe. We don't know what kind of sea-life it was...if you know, let us know! Okay, for those of you who know me well, know I couldn't pass up a beach trip without a photo shoot. I loved how the pics turned out...I have already uploaded them to Costco.com photocenter (my favorite) and I am picking them up tomorrow. I set up the camera, posed the family, and Troy's mom took pics of our family. (Later on Doug told me with what I had written about other's taking our picture on the blog, he wouldn't have touched my camera with a 10 foot pole!) Anyways, here are a few of the pics... I love this picture of our family. I told Troy he's just as bad as the kids. Instead of just letting his parents get the kids to look and smile, he was, and he now has the only goofy looking smile in the picture...Troy told me that what you see is his happy face, and to get over it...hmmm...that doesn't sound like Troy! :)

Kyle took this picture of Troy and me. We weren't sure if he was going to get us in it or not...he did good (good thing, or I would have called him names on my blog...(sarcasm...sarcasm...)

Here's the happy couple! 40 years! Crazy, next month, Troy and I will be at 9 years working on eternity! Congratulations Doug and LeeAnn! Thanks for a great trip to the beach!

Okay, after 3 hours driving in the car, my ankles are currently the size of watermelons...better get to bed and hope they go back to normal by morning...the joys of pregnancy! :)